RNC website takes aim at Democrat health care plan

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The website, BarackObamaExperiment.com, is the first in a series of Republican efforts to reach out to voters and give them ways to contact lawmakers, radio shows and newspaper editorial boards.
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The Republican National Committee launched a website Thursday to harness grassroots opposition to Democratic health reform plans moving through Congress.

The website, BarackObamaExperiment.com, is the first in a series of Republican efforts to reach out to voters and give them ways to contact lawmakers, radio shows and newspaper editorial boards. It paints Obama’s health care efforts as a risky experiment the country can’t afford.

“The Democrats want a government-run health care system that will control your health care, your treatments, your medicines, even what doctors you see. This grand experiment on America is a risk our country cannot afford to take,” RNC Chairman Michael Steele says in an introductory video on the website.

On Monday, Steele is scheduled to speak at the National Press Club to lay out Republicans' core health care beliefs and announce a new TV spot touting the party’s principles and the website.

But Health Care for America Now, a progressive grass-roots organization pushing for a government-run plan, said the Republicans’ efforts aren’t what the country needs.

“Maybe they should spend less time creating websites and more time coming up with an actual health care reform plan that’s going to lower cost for everybody and make the insurance companies behave better because that’s what people want,” said HCAN spokeswoman Jacki Schechner. “We don’t need websites, we need actual reform.”

Much of the website’s messaging, particularly the phrase “the Obama experiment,” comes straight out of a recent memo by Republican consultant Alex Castellanos, who believes the phrase could slow down health reform by making people nervous. His analysis was based on recent polling done by the RNC.

Castellanos wrote, “This is 20 percent of our economy. This is our health care and our future. If we screw this up, it could last for generations. And Congress is trying to do this in two months! This should scare the living daylights out of all of us. President Obama is experimenting with America, too much, too soon, and too fast. …

“If we slow this sausage-making process down,” Castellanos continued, “we can defeat it and advance real reform that will actually help.”

Yes! I agree with HCAN. Why would spend time creating a web site instead of coming up with a better health reform plan? If you're objecting this reform, shouldn't you come up with a better plan other than just saying no to whatever you disagrees?

The Republican National Committee launched a website Thursday to harness grassroots opposition to Democratic health reform plans moving through Congress.

Oh - will they have their own health care plan available there? No? Do they have a alternative plan? No? How about a chart of their plan? No? Ok - how about a discription with an estimate of how much it will cost? No? Ok - how about jack - do they have Jack? Yes? Great. So business as usual for the republicans.

oh they are anti health for everyone that is for sure-ya can tell if ya just look back over the yrs they run the place and see how many americans they have killed already--yes its a very good name for the repubs --the anti health party

Gee, one might wonder who is paying for this effort to undermine healthcare. One might, but one doesn't. We all know who are the enemies of healthcare - and we do not care what they do. They are going to lose this time. Bwah-hahahahaha!

The liberals are not reforming healthcare---they are just buying future votes with another social welfare program at the cost of everyone..........do not think for a minute that every additional cost that is charged to any business won't be passed on.............

Its too bad that everyone that voted for Obama and his welfare entitlement programs do not proudly wear a button that says "I Voted for it" .........then all business could charge them an additional "fee" not a tax so they could see how it feels to be singled out and be charged for something that you get nothing additonal for.

Republicans had 8 years to address the health care issues. In that time it became standard practice for health insurance companies to search for ways to deny coverage to people with serious illnesses. We pay for the insurance precisely so that it will be there when we need it. If the insurance companies had been good corporate citizens or if the Republican party had held them accountable no one would be looking into a public option.

Thanks for the scare tactics. It reminds of what the GOP continues to stand for.

That would be nice except the Obama administration does not believe in the Constitution:

Obama's Czars - UnConstitutional and Illegal

Obama has appointed numerous 'czars' and commissions to address various parts of his policies. This practice has been used by Presidents in the past to work on a few important issues, such as a drug czar (for the war on drugs), but never has it been used so much and for the purpose Obama has.

His czars and commissions are not elected officials. They are not vetted or confirmed by Congress. They are chosen, directed, and paid by Obama. They answer to no one except him.

Obama is using them to write legislation. These pieces of legislation are then sent to Congress, where they are given a strict up or down vote, with no debate, no modification, no amendments allowed. Typically they are rammed through Congress very quickly by Reid and Pelosi, to keep the members from having time to read them and understand what they are voting for. Reid and Pelosi crack sharp whips, and Democrats who dare vote against any of Obama's laws end up in the dog house.

The end results are laws written by Obama.

This is unConstitutional - the President has no authority to write law - that is the exclusive right and responsibility of Congress. It is also illegal.

What a load of nonsense this is. Republicans don't want Americans to have what they have. A life time of the best healthcare in the country, paid for by the people. I don't understand how the Republican base doesn't mind paying for life-time benefits for politicians and their own party doesn't want them to have what they have. It's ridiculous for anyone to argue against healthcare reform. All western and developed nations have universal healthcare and the cost is less than 1/2 of what is spent on INFERIOR care in the USA. How stupid!

This is unConstitutional - the President has no authority to write law - that is the exclusive right and responsibility of Congress. It is also illegal.

OBAMA IS NOT RE-WRITING LAWS. THAT WAS GEORGE W. BUSH AND COMPANY. THIS MUST MEAN THE REPUBLICANS ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THAT BUSH BROKE LAWS IN MANIPULATING AND RE-WRITING WHAT THEY DIDN'T LIKE. OBAMA IS NOT RE-WRITING LAWS MORON

I don't understand how the Republican base doesn't mind paying for life-time benefits for politicians and their own party doesn't want them to have what they have

Did you not here them???????? The elites in Washington (all of them) that think they are better than everyone else are exempt from this crap and have one for themselves....... they just want to punish those that earn what they have and give it to those that don't earn it